Iraq Civilian Body Count Passes 6,000

The Iraq Body Count's (IBC) latest figures, based on media reports
and more than a dozen counting projects from independent
investigators in and outside Iraq, put the minimum number of
civilians dead at 6,055 and the maximum at 7,706.

"Both the U.S. and the U.K. said they were taking every effort to
minimise civilian casualties and talked a lot about smart, precision
weapons," IBC researcher John Sloboda told Reuters.

"From that, one could have expected a clean war with very few
casualties, but I don't call 5,000 to 7,000 very few. It is clear
the coalition claims were political claptrap."